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Lords Chamber
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - Wed 28 Jan 2026
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Lord Crisp (XB - Life peer) Many adopted children will end up being caught by this, because those children may have been the subject - Speech Link
2: Baroness Barran (Con - Life peer) So, not all these children were visible.We need to be able to talk about this group of children without - Speech Link
3: None The children not in school register seeks to safeguard children in elective home education, or children - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - Wed 21 Jan 2026
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Baroness Grey-Thompson (XB - Life peer) Siblings—the forgotten children; the children not in the hospital bed—are often the most overlooked of - Speech Link
2: Lord Nash (Con - Life peer) Our children are turning up at school sleep deprived. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Smith of Malvern (Lab - Life peer) with children across the public sector. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Exercise Pegasus 2025 - Thu 15 Jan 2026
Northern Ireland Office

Mentions:
1: Lord McColl of Dulwich (Con - Life peer) My Lords, does the Minister agree that the Covid epidemic was made much worse by obesity? - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Food Inflation - Thu 15 Jan 2026
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Ben Coleman (Lab - Chelsea and Fulham) Obesity and nutrition are a particular challenge for people on low incomes. - Speech Link
2: Catherine West (Lab - Hornsey and Friern Barnet) across the country every year, helping children to achieve and thrive. - Speech Link
3: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) They have to get it right for their children from the very beginning. - Speech Link
4: Angela Eagle (Lab - Wallasey) and from £8.50 to £9.30 for children under one. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Gambling Harms: Children and Young People - Thu 15 Jan 2026
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Kevin McKenna (Lab - Sittingbourne and Sheppey) The harms are reflected in behavioural and physical changes in the children. - Speech Link
2: Lizzi Collinge (Lab - Morecambe and Lunesdale) One in three children follow gambling-related creators. - Speech Link
3: Ian Murray (Lab - Edinburgh South) Friend mentioned the impact of parental gambling on children and households. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Less Survivable Cancers - Tue 06 Jan 2026
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Chris Coghlan (LD - Dorking and Horley) Friend agree that allocating research into rarer cancers not only benefits the children who suffer from - Speech Link
2: Siobhain McDonagh (Lab - Mitcham and Morden) My purpose is to find a cure for glioblastoma brain tumours, the biggest cancer killer of children and - Speech Link
3: Brian Leishman (Lab - Alloa and Grangemouth) If we take being overweight and obesity together, it is the second largest preventable cause of cancer - Speech Link
4: Helen Maguire (LD - Epsom and Ewell) Many of those children receive palliative care for cancer. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Christmas Adjournment - Thu 18 Dec 2025
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Bob Blackman (Con - Harrow East) The school needs to be built urgently, because children are being sent for an hour and half each way - Speech Link
2: Alan Strickland (Lab - Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor) involved in local community drama had transformed the skills, confidence and experiences of their children - Speech Link
3: Chris Webb (Lab - Blackpool South) Among children of reception age, 27% are affected by obesity, rising to a shocking 42% by year 6. - Speech Link
4: Shockat Adam (Ind - Leicester South) Project, which is an excellent initiative that brings together schools from different areas, with children - Speech Link
5: Luke Myer (Lab - Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland) It affected two families with young children, and an elderly pensioner.The way the community came together - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Free School Meals - Tue 16 Dec 2025
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Baroness Smith of Malvern (Lab - Life peer) £1.5 billion annually supporting the provision of free and nutritious meals for around 3.4 million children - Speech Link
2: Baroness Smith of Malvern (Lab - Life peer) There are already opportunities for children to learn cooking within school—and at home as well. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Smith of Malvern (Lab - Life peer) This Government, in providing the additional commitment to children and the additional investment to - Speech Link
4: Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb (Green - Life peer) We are facing an obesity crisis, so the better children eat, the better it is from the start. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
The UK’s Demographic Future - Thu 11 Dec 2025
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts (Con - Life peer) If noble Lords want a snapshot of how the country is changing, 31% of all children born in this country - Speech Link
2: Lord Horam (Con - Life peer) On top of that, he has a family and three children. - Speech Link
3: Lord Horam (Con - Life peer) There was rationing, and so no obesity or malnutrition. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Verma (Con - Life peer) My children are worried sick about the state of the debate in this country today. - Speech Link
5: Lord Frost (Non-affiliated - Life peer) The UK’s current fertility rate, about 1.4 children per woman, is the lowest it has ever been. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Autumn Budget 2025 - Thu 04 Dec 2025
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Lord Livermore (Lab - Life peer) Britain, one of the richest countries on earth, still has children growing up in poverty. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Lister of Burtersett (Lab - Life peer) One mother responded:“Finally, all my children will be seen as equals”. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Barran (Con - Life peer) It is an incredibly complex and sensitive area that matters hugely to parents of all children. - Speech Link
4: Lord Livermore (Lab - Life peer) It damages the life chances of the children affected and it hits growth, because children who grow up - Speech Link